Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Requests for Equitable Adjustment, 29757 [2021-11625]
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Judges Panel is composed of twelve
members, appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce, chosen for their familiarity
with quality improvement operations
and competitiveness issues of
manufacturing companies, service
companies, small businesses,
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will be determined by the number of
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the 2021 Award process, and is closed
to the public in order to protect the
proprietary data to be examined and
discussed. The Chief Financial Officer
and Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the Assistant General Counsel for
Employment, Litigation and
Information, formally determined,
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended
by Section 5(c) of the Government in
Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that
a portion of the meeting of the Judges
Panel may be closed to the public in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)
because the meeting is likely to disclose
trade secrets and commercial or
financial information obtained from a
person which is privileged or
confidential and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B)
because for a government agency the
meeting is likely to disclose information
that could significantly frustrate
implementation of a proposed agency
action. Portions of the meeting involve
examination of prior year Award
applicant data. Award applicant data
are directly related to the commercial
activities and confidential information
of the applicants.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), this
Federal Register notice for this meeting
is being published fewer than 15
calendar days prior to the meeting as
exceptional circumstances exist due to
COVID–19.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket Number DARS–2021–0006; OMB
Control Number 0704–0397]
Information Collection Requirement;
Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement; Requests for
Equitable Adjustment
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Defense Acquisition
Regulations System has submitted to
OMB for clearance, the following
proposed extension of a collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
SUMMARY:
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Consideration will be given to
comments received by July 6, 2021.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS), Contract
Modifications and related clause at
DFARS 252.243–7002; OMB Control
Number 0704–0397.
Type of Request: Revision and
extension.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit and not-for profit institutions.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Respondents: 131.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 131.
Hours per response: 14.3,
approximately.
Estimated Hours: 1,879.
Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection required by the clause at
DFARS 252.243–7002, Requests for
Equitable Adjustment, implements 10
U.S.C. 2410(a). The clause requires
contractors to certify that requests for
equitable adjustment exceeding the
simplified acquisition threshold are
made in good faith and that the
supporting data are accurate and
complete. The clause also requires
contractors to fully disclose all facts
relevant to the requests for equitable
adjustment. DoD contracting officers
and auditors use this information to
evaluate contractor requests for
equitable adjustments to contracts.
Comments and recommendations on
the proposed information collection
should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson,
DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please identify the
proposed information collection by DoD
Desk Officer and the Docket ID number
and title of the information collection.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method: Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela
Duncan. Requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil.
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket Number DARS-2021-0006; OMB Control Number 0704-0397]
Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement; Requests for Equitable Adjustment
AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to
OMB for clearance, the following proposed extension of a collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to comments received by July 6,
2021.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS), Contract Modifications and related clause at DFARS
252.243-7002; OMB Control Number 0704-0397.
Type of Request: Revision and extension.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for profit
institutions.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Respondents: 131.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 131.
Hours per response: 14.3, approximately.
Estimated Hours: 1,879.
Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
Needs and Uses: The information collection required by the clause
at DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment, implements 10
U.S.C. 2410(a). The clause requires contractors to certify that
requests for equitable adjustment exceeding the simplified acquisition
threshold are made in good faith and that the supporting data are
accurate and complete. The clause also requires contractors to fully
disclose all facts relevant to the requests for equitable adjustment.
DoD contracting officers and auditors use this information to evaluate
contractor requests for equitable adjustments to contracts.
Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection
should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, DoD Desk Officer, at
[email protected]. Please identify the proposed information
collection by DoD Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of
the information collection.
You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan. Requests for copies of
the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at
[email protected].
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
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